I don't really want to start a blog. I don't mind having one, I just don't want to start it. That is the intimidating part. But I'm not out to have loads of followers, get rich, or snag a movie deal, so the pressure's off. Here I go:
Actually, all I have to do is review books. I signed up for the "Blogging for Books" program with Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers. They send me a book to read, I read it, then I review it. I'm reading the first one now. It's called Ninety Days of God's Goodness, by Randy Alcorn. This isn't my review, but I can't help saying something about it already. It's amazing. I feel like I'm going to have a lot to say in my actual review, so it's hard to know what to say now so I don't end up repeating myself later. I just think this book is extremely relevant at a time when truths are being challenged; in fact--the very concept of truth itself is attacked, even by so-called Christians. It's trendy right now to interpret the Bible to say what we think sounds pleasant. It's very popular to decide God is "this" or "that," depending on what we think is good or what makes us happy. When we try to fit God into our mold, what we're really doing is declaring our own self to be God. But unless I am the one who created heaven and earth, unless I am the one who knows every cause and effect throughout the history of the world, unless I am the one who is in control of the past, present, and future, I am not God. And if I am not God, I don't get to decide what is good. I don't need to tell you this, but I will: I'm not God. Therefore, I am not qualified to reword the Bible or to permit you to go ahead and do whatever makes you happy or to say that things would be better if I was in charge.
It is very encouraging to know that Someone good is in charge.
Book review to come in a few weeks. More blog posts to come before that...maybe...
